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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. FITZPATRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

TEMPORARY BINDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,824, dated October 29, 1889.

Application filed September 28, 1888- Serial No. 286.659. (No'motleL) .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES F. FITZPATRIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which .the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device for temporarily binding magazines, pamphlets, sheet-music, 850., in

book form.

manner of the back of a book.

The invention relates to the construction of the cover which incloses the papers to be bound and gives them the appearance of a book; to the filing plate or device with which the papers are directly connected; to the means for attaching this filing-plate to the cover, and to the eye-pieces used for connecting sheet-music or other papers, the fold of which should be accessible to the filing-plate. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the book-cover thrown open, and Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of the filingplate remoyed therefrom. Fig. 3 shows the eyepiece used for filing sheet-music and the like, and Fig. 4 shows this eye-piece applied to the papers to be filed. v

The book-cover shown in Fig. 1 consists of a back A and right and left side covers B B. The back is made rigid, preferably by being constructed of wood, and is flat on its inner side, its outer side being rounded after the To'the inner side of the back A are fastened two metal plates at a, which are bent over at top and bottom to form guides or slideways b b at the top and bottom of the back A. These slideways b b are constructed to embrace the ends 0 c of a filing-plate 0, (shown in Fig. 2,) so that the filing-plate O can be attached to the back A by sliding it sidewise into the slideways b b. The plates a a are turned up perpendicularly at the right-hand side to form stops (1 d, to

slides c c and end flanges g g are formed by bending the opposite ends of the plate eback upon itself and then upwardly. Fasteningclips h h are pivoted to the side flange f at its opposite ends, so that theymay be turned up, as shown in Fig. 2, while the filing-plate C is removed from the cover; but when the filingplate has been slid into its place on the back A, so that its side flange fis in contact with the stops at d, the clips h it can be turned down so'that they shall embrace and hold together the flange f and 6, thereby preventing the displacement of the filing-plate. These fastening-clips might be omitted in case the filing-plate engages the slideways b Z) with sufficient friction to prevent its accidental dis purpose if the stops (1 d were omitted. It will thus be seen that the slide-plate O is held practically secure from displacement in any direction, even if the clips h h are dispensed with, for, being slid in laterally, the slideways b I) prevent its longitudinal displacement, while the stops at d prevent its lateral displacement toward the right, and, as it is customary when using such binders to lay them down on the right-hand half of the cover and to open the left-hand half, its displacement toward the left is unlikely to occur.

The papers to be filed must be of less length than the distance apart of the end flanges g g. In order to file them, theyare placed with their backs against the back plate 6 and are pressed toward the right, thereby impaling. them on filing-pins D D, which are fastened to the side flange f and project leftwardly therefrom parallel with the back plate 6 and end flanges g g. The filed papers are pressed to the right close against the flange f. Their displacement is then prevented by applying a follower-strip E, which is similar to the flange f in .its proportions to the filing-plate. This strip has two perforations to admit the pins D D, and at its ends is provided with sliding bolts z. The strip E is pressed close against the filed papers, so that the latter are closely confined between the strip and the flange f, whereupon the strip is fastened by pushing its end bolts 1' 1' outwardly into one or another of a series of holes j j in the end flanges g g. These holes j j are close enough together to give a sufficiently close adjustment to the strip E. This strip serves to hold the filed papers close together and prevent their escaping from the pins D D. Thick papers or magazines will have holes punched in them to receive the pins D D before being filed.

In binding sheet-music, maps, drawings, and other papers which it is desired shall be capable of opening flat, or with which it is desirable that when opened the surface thereof shall be visible and accessible quite to the fold, it is customaryto provide a separate eye which shall project beyond the fold and through which the filin g-pin shall pass, so that the puncturing of the paper is avoided and the fold of the paper is kept forward of the filing-pins. Such eyes have heretofore been made of sheet metal, and have been subject to the disadvantage that the filed papers are too loosely and flimsily connected to them. According to myinvention I construct an eye for this purpose of the shape shown in Fig. 3. It is made, preferably, of wire, which is bent at its middle to form the projecting eye Lextends thence laterally to each side at 7t 7t, and, being bent back upon itself, is formed close to the eye Zwith two projecting ends or fingers on m. In applying this device a slit is cut through the sheet-music or other paper to be filed at its fold, and the eye I and fingers m m are thrust through this slit from the inside, whereupon the fingers m m are turned outwardly, so as to confine the paper between the arms 70 k and these fingers, as shown in Fig. 4.

I am well aware that temporary binders having book-covers have been made wherein the papers are attached to a filing-plate which is fastened to the inner side of the coverba-ck. Various fastenin gs have been used for this purpose.

I am also aware that it is a common expedient to construct a file or binder with parallel filing-pins projecting from an upturned flange at one side, and that with such devices a fastening-strip or follower has been made to slide over the pins against the mass of filed papers. Such followers have been pressed up by springs-a construction which necessitates that the back of the binder shall be as much wider than the length of the pins pactly together by a fixed flange on one side and a follower on the other, this follower having a projection at one end and a spring-bolt in the other, whereby it may be entered into one or another of a series of holes in flanges at top and bottom; but in that construction the follower is a round rod and is not pierced by any filing-pins and has no function of preventing the escape of the filed papers from such pins.

My improved binder is of cheap and simple construction, is convenient in use, and holds the papers securely beyond any possibility of accidental escape.

I claim as my invention the following defined novel features or combinations, substantially as hereinbefore specified, namely:

1. A temporary binder consisting of the combination, with an outer cover having transverse slideways on its back, of a separate filing-plate constructed to slide laterally into said ways, whereby it is united to said back.

2. A temporary binder consisting of the combination, with an outer cover having transverse slideways on its back and a stop at one side thereof, of aseparate filing-plate constructed to slide laterally into said ways against said stop.

3. A temporary binder consisting of the combination, with an outer cover having transverse slideways at top and bottom of its back, of a separate filing-plate constructed at its ends to slide laterally into said Ways.

4. A temporary binder consisting of the combination, with an outer cover having transverse slideways 011 its back, of a separate filing-plate constructed to slide laterally into said ways, and a fastening for preventing lateral displacement of said plate relatively to said back.

5. A temporary binder consisting of the combination, with an outer cover having transverse slideways on its back and a stop at one side thereof, of a separate filing-plate constructed to slide laterally into said ways against said stop, and a fastening for preventing lateral displacement of said plate, consisting of a clip pivoted to said plate and constructed to turn down into engagement with said stop.

(5. In a temporary binder, a filing-plate consisting of a flat back having a perpendicular side flange and perforated end flanges, filingpins projecting from said side flange parallel with the back, a longitudinal follower-strip having perforations to admit said pins, and movable between said end flanges toward or from said side flange, and bolts at the ends of said strip adapted to enter the perforations in said end flanges, whereby the escape of the filed papers from the pins is prevented by said strip, which is adjustable to admit between itself and the side flange different thicknesses of papers.

7. In a temporary binder, an eye-piece for the papers to be bound, consisting of a strip to enter the fold in the paper, with an eye In-w itness whereof I have hereunto signed and two fingers projecting at the middle my name in the presence of two subscribing thereof and'adapt-ed to pass outside the fold, witnesses.

and said fingers adapted to be bent down JAMES F. FITZPATRICK. 5 against'the exterior of the fold, whereby the Witnesses:

paper is confined at its fold between the in- GEORGE H. FRASER,

side strip and the outside fingers. v GEORGE DIXON. 

